Assistant Manager - Mobile Automation Test Engineer

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporate and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected, and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind, and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, color, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

About Business Line/Function:

BNP Paribas PI Germany has 3 brands Consorsbank, Deutsche Aktienbank and Wealth Management Private Banking which are pure digital. The IT department supports Business building the IT landscape. At Architecture Services – Solution Architecture we create are taking care of the business requirements and find the best appropriate solutions for their needs.

Position Purpose:

The Software Engineer in Test will automate, maintain, and continuously improve the test artefacts and regression suites for our mobile focused applications. The role supports functional testing, ensures reliable CI/CD pipelines and collaborates with cross functional teams in an agile environment.

Core (Direct) Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automation scripts using ** Cucumber/Gherkin, API testing tools and Java, adhering to the enterprise Automation Framework.
• Execute automated test runs, analyse results and report status to the Test Lead / Test Manager and other project stakeholders.
• Assess the automation feasibility of functional test cases and recommend the optimal approach (automation vs. manual).
• Support the CI/CD pipeline (GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus) – create build jobs, trigger test execution and ensure reliable artefact publishing.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to fellow Automation Engineers on framework usage, best practices and troubleshooting.
• When required, perform manual testing – create, maintain and execute test sets to complement automation coverage.
• Collaborate closely with QA analysts, developers, product owners and DevOps teams throughout sprint cycles (definition of done, defect triage, regression planning).
• Contribute to continuous improvement of test processes, standards and metrics (test coverage, defect leakage, execution time).
  
  

Contributing (Additional) Responsibilities:

• Leverage Java for scripting, integration with test libraries and custom utilities.
• Use GitLab for source code management, branching strategies and merge request reviews.
• Familiarity with CSS, HTML, Node.js, Angular is advantageous for front end validation and API contract testing.
• Maintain test artefacts in JIRA XRay (or similar test management tools).
• Communicate clearly—both written and verbally—technical findings, risk assessments and improvement proposals.
  
  

Education, Skills And Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT or a related discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
• 5+ years in IT Software QA / Testing (including functional automation).
• Minimum 2 years of hands on test automation experience with Appium and API testing tools.
• Strong Java programming skills.
• Proficiency with CI/CD (GitLab/Jenkins, Nexus).
• Experience with Appium, Cucumber/Gherkin, Postman (API).
• At least 2 years in the BFSI sector; personal finance, lending or related domains is a plus.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Strong written & oral communication.
• Ability to work collaboratively in an agile, cross functional team.
  
  

Job Title:

IT Systems Engineer

Date:

Department:

Personal Investors

Location:

Chennai

Business Line / Function:

Mobile Automation Testing

Reports To:

(Direct)

Test Lead / Manager

Grade:

(if applicable)

Test Engineer

(Functional)

Onshore Lead/Manager

Number Of Direct Reports:

None

Directorship / Registration:

NA

Position Purpose

To automate and maintain all our business line projects related artefacts and regression tests. Have requirement related to Mobile based applications.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Perform test automation utilizing testing tools such APPIUM, APIs Testing Tools, Cucumber & Gherkin
• Develop, execute and maintain automation test scripts according to the enterprise Automation Framework standard
• Also ready to work on Manual test execution (if needed) by creating and maintaining test sets
• Experience in CI/CD is required
• Provide technical assistance to other Automation Engineers regarding the enterprise Automation Framework
• Determine automation feasibility for functional test sets/cases
• Provide test automation status and execution results to Test Lead/Test manager and other project team members.
• Work closely with QA team members, developers and other project team members in the process of automation (agile environment).
  
  

Contributing Responsibilities

• Experience in using Java and Automation Scripting with Mobile automation testing (APPIUM, Cucumber & Gherkin)
• Java, CI/CD, GitLab, Nexus experience is a must
• familiarity with CSS, HTML, Node.js and Angular is good to have.
• JIRA-XRay knowledge is added advantage
• Excellent communications skills with strong analytical and problem solving skills required.
  
  

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Thorough knowledge on all the key testing areas like functional testing, especially functional test automation and with clear experience in implementing test automation scripts within a test automation framework.

Specific Qualifications (if Required)

• At least 5+ years IT Software QA/Testing experience
• Minimum 2 years of experience in test automation using Appium, API. Familiarity with CSS, HTML, Node.js and Angular JS is a must.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in BFSI domain, experience in Personal finance / Lending would be an added advantage
• Hands on experience with Java
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science or a related field
  
  

Skills Referential

Behavioural Skills: (Please select up to 4 skills)

Decision Making

Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving

Communication skills - oral & written

Ability to collaborate / Teamwork

Transversal Skills: (Please select up to 5 skills)

Analytical Ability

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to develop and adapt a process

Choose an item.

Choose an item.

Education Level:

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Experience Level

At least 5 years

Other/Specific Qualifications (if Required)

Understanding of QA/ Testing process, Test Automation, Java

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Experience on Data analysis and exposure to Onsite\Offshore working model.
• Understanding of banking domain related to Transaction monitoring and understanding of Deposit systems, Loan, Card, Trading systems data for transaction monitoring.
  
  

Other/Specific Qualifications (if Required)

Competence

Test Methodologies

Agile concepts

Appium, Cucumber & Gherkin

Java

Jenkins / Gitlab

Docker/Kubernetes

Jira / Xray

Cloud-Technologies

Postman

Minimum level of expertise ( 1=Base … 5=Expert )

5

4

4

4

3

1

3

2

3